Sectional twine heddle



Jan. 22, 1935. ANDREWS 1,988,976

SECTIONAL TWI NE HEDDLE Filed Oct. 2l, 1933 Patented Jan. 22, 1935 SECTIONAL TWINE HEDDLE Isaac Andrews, Spartanburg, S. C.

Application October 21,

6 Claims.

This invention relates to a sectional twine heddle or loom harness, the primary object of the invention being to provide a sectional heddle which may be readily and easily interchanged with steel heddles now in use.

An important object of the invention is to provide a sectional heddle having means in the back band thereof for preventing the twine from ravelling or pulling off the ends of the sections.

A further object of the invention is the provision of means for maintaining the lease of the heddles, insuring the eyes being held even at all times.

With the foregoing and other objects in View, which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed, may be made within the scope of what is claimed, without departing from the spirit of the invention.

Referring to the drawing:

Figure 1 is an elevational View disclosing one of the sections of the heddle.

Figure 2 is a vertical sectional view through the heddle.

Referring to the drawing in detail, the reference character 5 designates the upper bar of 30 the loom harness, and the reference character 6 designates the lower bar thereof.

The reference character 7 designates the twine heddles, which are of the usual and well known construction, the heddles being provided with loops 8 at their upper ends, while the lower ends of the heddles are passed around the lower bar 6. These heddles are arranged in units or sections, each section embodying a plurality of heddles, the inner surfaces of the heddles at the 40 lower ends thereof, being covered with a length of cloth material indicated at 9, the cloth material being secured to the heddles by a suitable adhesive material.

Extended through the lower ends of the heddles of each unit or section, is a wire indicated at 10, the wire being of a length to extend appreciable distances beyond the sides of the heddle section, where they are bent inwardly as shown by Figure 1 of the drawing, the ends being forced into close engagement with the end of the unit, preventing the ravelling or pulling oi the end heddles of the sections.

Covering the inner surface of the loops 8, is i a length of cloth material indicated at 11, which 56 is also .secured to the heddles by a suitable ad- 1933, Serial No. 694,672

hesive material, strengthening the heddles at their points of contact with the bar 5, and at the same time providing means for securing the heddles of the unit or section together,

Disposed directly under the bar 5, and extended through the heddles, is a length of wire indicated at 12 that has its ends 13 and 14, bent over certain of the heddles preventing lateral movement of one heddle of a unit or section, with respect to the remaining heddles of the section. l0

At the extreme upper ends of each unit, is a wire 15 that extends through the upper ends of the heddles, the ends being bent inwardly .and downwardly clamping the heddles at the sides of the unit, together. 15

From the foregoing it will be seen that due to this construction, the heddles making up a unit, -Or section, are held together insuring against the twine, of which the heddles, are constructed, ravelling or pulling off at the ends.

1t will also be seen that because this heddle is arranged in sections, the sectional heddle may be readily placed on the heddle bars and interchanged with steel heddles now in common use.

Having thus described the invention what is claimed is:

1. A loom harness comprising removable heddle units, each heddle unit/embodying a pluraliti,7 of eye members knitted together at their ends, a wire secured to the knitted portions of the eye members, the ends of the wire extending inwardly and clamping the eye members, holding the eye members together.

2. vA loom harness -comprising independent heddle units, each heddle unit including a plurality of eye units knitted together at their ends, and providing heddle bar loops, a wire extending `through the knitted ends ofthe eye members, the endsof the wire being bent into close engagement with Vthe knitted portions of the eye members holding the eye members together.

3. A loom harness comprising independent heddle units including aplurality of eye members knitted together at their ends and providing loops'to receive loomharness supporting bars, and a wire extended through the'knitted portions of the eye members, the ends of the wire being bent under the ends of the eye members securing the eye members together.

4. A loom harness comprising independent heddle units, each heddle unit including a plurality of twine eye members knitted together at their ends, the twine of each unit crossing near and pressed into clamping relation with the eye members securing the eye members together.

6. A loom harness comprising heddle units, each heddle unit embodying a plurality of twine eye members knitted together at their ends, the twine of each eye member crossing near one end thereof, a wire extended through each unit and engaging above and below the points of crossing of the `twine of the heddle, the ends of the wire being bent into close `engagement with the 10 twine holding the eye members together.

`ISAAC ANDREWS. 

